#micro pigs

Punk is looking cute with micro pigs in Japan🥺💙

Homemade Vegan Hot Dogs

Have some tiny pigs!!! <3

credit: @azmicrominipigs

Piggy party!!!!

Pigs in general are no longer natural animals, after years of intensive, selective breeding. Micro pigs are just not really a thing, they more are of a marketing label than an actual breed. What is sold as a micro or “teacup” pig just tends to be pot-bellied pigs who have been malnourished to keep them small. Many grow to be full size when fed properly, and are then abandoned by owners who wanted a tiny vanity animal. Those who are bred specifically to be small suffer from a host of health issues as well, on top of the complex needs they already have which most owners don’t have the time, space or environment to properly cater for.

Now this problem isn’t new. Breeders started doing this (in the US) in the 80s by inbreeding Vietnamese Potbellied pigs and the New Zealand Kunekune (within each breed not with each other) and often times would malnourish them to keep them as small as possible.  Most often young pigs who are just barely able to be bred are bred so that they can say these small pigs are the parents, or younger pigs are shown in place of the real parents. Some of the members of the American Mini Pig Association like founding member Jaimee Hubert like to say that bad breeders are making it bad for everyone, but I’m of the opinion that ANY breeder who makes the claim to breed “miniature” pigs is working either negligently, ignorantly, or maliciously to fit these trends. I find it very alarming that the American Mini Pig Association even exists giving some kind of fake credibility to the claim of their existence. According to The North American Pet Pig Sanctuary, of the 18 sanctuaries they contacted, the number of pigs per sanctuary is 47. Mini pigs are not real, period.  These sanctuaries as well as some rural APLs have to take in these Kunekune and Potbellied pigs after they outgrow the homes people assume they can keep them in. As with any animal educating yourself about the needs and expectations of the breed is absolutely necessary to take proper care of them. Educate yourself! We love proper animal care here!